As a deity name
Name 606 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
दिव्या · noun · feminine
आवँला · बाँझ ककोड़ा · महामेदा — Śabdasāgara
दिव्या · feminine
a female given name, Divya, from Sanskrit
दिव्या · feminine
divine, celestial, heavenly
Cited formation "दिव्या" is दिव्य + -आ: दिव्य means "divine, celestial", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दिव्या" is दिव्य + -आ: दिव्य means "divine, celestial", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit दिव्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Ultimately from Sanskrit दिव्य (divya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. divya Nom. P. ˚yati, to long for heaven, Pāṇ. viii, 2, 77, Sch.
2. divya (divya, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 101), mfn. divine, heavenly, celestial (opp. to pārthiva, āntarīkṣa or mānuṣa), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Kauś.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of perfume = surā
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "divyā" is the instrumental of "divī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "divyā" is the feminine form of "divya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "divyā" is the instrumental of "divi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "divya" is derived from "div" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. div cl. 1. P. -devati cl. 10. P. -devayati, to cause to lament, to pain, vex; to ask, beg; to go; Ā. ˚te, to suffer pain, Dhātup. xxxiii, 51, 32.
2. div cl. 4. dīvyati, ˚te, RV.; Br. &c. (perf. dideva, AV.; fut. deviṣyati; cond. adeviṣyat, MBh.; Daś.; aor. adevīt, MBh.; &c.; inf. devitum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. devitvā, Pāṇ. i, 2, 18; -dīvya, RV. x, 42, 9) to cast, throw, esp. dice i.e. play, gamble (akṣais, RV. x, 34, 13; MBh. iii, 2260; akṣān, Pāṇ. i, 4, 43), with (instr. MBh. ii, 2509), for (instr., ii, 2061 &c.; acc. MaitrS. i, 6, 11; ŚBr. v, 4, 4, 23; dat. MBh. iv, 534; ii, 2468; gen. [śatasya] Pāṇ. ii, 3, 58); to lay a wager, bet with (sārdham), upon (dat.), MBh. i, 1192; to play, sport, joke, trifle with (acc. AV. v, 29); to have free scope, spread, increase (Pañc. ii, 193, B. vardhati); to shine, be bright [Zd. dīv; (?) Lit. dyvas] BhP. iii, 20, 22; to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad; to sleep; to wish for; to go, Dhātup. : Caus. devayati, to cause to play (Sch.) or to sport, BhP. iii, 20, 22 : Desid. dideviṣati and dudyūṣati, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 49, Kāś. : Caus. of Desid. dudyūṣayati, to incite to play, Bhaṭṭ. v, 49 : Intens. dedivīti, dedyeti, dedeti &c., Vop. xx, 17.
1. divya Nom. P. ˚yati, to long for heaven, Pāṇ. viii, 2, 77, Sch.
2. divya (divya, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 101), mfn. divine, heavenly, celestial (opp. to pārthiva, āntarīkṣa or mānuṣa), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Kauś.; MBh. &c.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
divyā (ā), f. N. of plants (= harītakī, bandhyā, karkoṭahī, śatāvarī, mahā-medā &c.), L.
a kind of perfume = surā, L.
N. of a Buddh. deity, Kālac.
of an Apsaras Sch.
divī f. a species of insect (= upa-jihvikā), L.
divī f. (-vī) A sort of insect; also upajihvikā. E. diva to play, ka affix, fem. affix ṅīp.
1. divya Nom. P. ˚yati, to long for heaven, Pāṇ. viii, 2, 77, Sch.
2. divya (divya, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 101), mfn. divine, heavenly, celestial (opp. to pārthiva, āntarīkṣa or mānuṣa), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; Kauś.; MBh. &c.
1. divi m. the blue jay (= kikīdivi), L.
2. divi loc. of 3. div in comp.
1. div cl. 1. P. -devati cl. 10. P. -devayati, to cause to lament, to pain, vex; to ask, beg; to go; Ā. ˚te, to suffer pain, Dhātup. xxxiii, 51, 32.
2. div cl. 4. dīvyati, ˚te, RV.; Br. &c. (perf. dideva, AV.; fut. deviṣyati; cond. adeviṣyat, MBh.; Daś.; aor. adevīt, MBh.; &c.; inf. devitum, MBh. &c.; ind.p. devitvā, Pāṇ. i, 2, 18; -dīvya, RV. x, 42, 9) to cast, throw, esp. dice i.e. play, gamble (akṣais, RV. x, 34, 13; MBh. iii, 2260; akṣān, Pāṇ. i, 4, 43), with (instr. MBh. ii, 2509), for (instr., ii, 2061 &c.; acc. MaitrS. i, 6, 11; ŚBr. v, 4, 4, 23; dat. MBh. iv, 534; ii, 2468; gen. [śatasya] Pāṇ. ii, 3, 58); to lay a wager, bet with (sārdham), upon (dat.), MBh. i, 1192; to play, sport, joke, trifle with (acc. AV. v, 29); to have free scope, spread, increase (Pañc. ii, 193, B. vardhati); to shine, be bright [Zd. dīv; (?) Lit. dyvas] BhP. iii, 20, 22; to praise, rejoice, be drunk or mad; to sleep; to wish for; to go, Dhātup. : Caus. devayati, to cause to play (Sch.) or to sport, BhP. iii, 20, 22 : Desid. dideviṣati and dudyūṣati, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 49, Kāś. : Caus. of Desid. dudyūṣayati, to incite to play, Bhaṭṭ. v, 49 : Intens. dedivīti, dedyeti, dedeti &c., Vop. xx, 17.
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